The Mamluk Sultanate flag, a yellow standard used before Ottoman conquest.
The Mamluk Sultanate was ruled by a military caste of originally enslaved soldiers — one of history's most unusual governance systems. The Mamluks defeated both the Mongols (at Ain Jalut, 1260) and the Crusaders.
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